Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1434 - Unspecified vulnerability in Slackware Linux
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN slackware
exploit available
Summary
login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 5 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Slackware Linux <= 3.5 /etc/group missing results in Root access Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1434. Local exploit for linux platform |
| id | EDB-ID:19122 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 1998-07-13 |
| published | 1998-07-13 |
| reporter | Richard Thomas |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/19122/ |
| title | Slackware Linux <= 3.5 /etc/group missing results in Root access Vulnerability |